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No matter how hard one tries, one cannot escape news of the Earth’s changing climate, as we now live in a more polluted world and a hotter planet for all living species. Last week, record-breaking temperatures were registered globally, according to data from the US National Centers for Environm...

· Wednesday 12, July 2023 9.17 pm

In November and December, Dubai will host COP28, a major event bringing together the representatives of 199 parties (198 countries plus the EU) with the shared objective of accelerating the energy transition and the fight against global warming by ambitiously raising the targets set by the Pari...

· Saturday 8, July 2023 9.08 pm

RIYADH: The second ministerial meeting between the League of Arab States and the Pacific Small Island Developing States issued the Riyadh Declaration on Tuesday, to strengthen cooperation between the two sides following their meeting in the Saudi capital. The declaration detailed multiple are...

· Tuesday 13, June 2023 5.32 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday warned of squally winds and “extremely heavy” rain-thunderstorms in coastal areas of Pakistan as a raging cyclone intensified further, hovering over the Arabian Sea at a distance of only 760 kilometers from Pakistan’s commercial ...

· Sunday 11, June 2023 8.13 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday alerted authorities in the Sindh and Balochistan provinces as a “very severe cyclonic storm” intensified above the Arabian Sea over the last 12 hours, laying at a distance of about 910 kilometers from Pakistan’s commercial hub ...

· Saturday 10, June 2023 8.23 am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman said on Friday Pakistan’s coastal areas were likely to witness the impact a cyclone over the Arabian Sea which was previously thought to be moving toward Oman. The Arabian Sea, which borders the country’s southern coastline,...

· Friday 9, June 2023 3.53 pm

KARACHI: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) officials said on Thursday a cyclone was likely to result in light rains in Pakistan's coastal areas, though the violent windstorm would pose no threat to the country since it was moving towards Oman. The Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS)...

· Thursday 8, June 2023 1.44 pm

JEDDAH: Authorities in Saudi Arabia said that they were implementing “emergency plans to confront the rain” in the holy city of Makkah, amid early preparations to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims visiting the Grand Mosque during the last ten days of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan...

· Tuesday 11, April 2023 5.00 am

LONDON: You cannot see it with the naked eye but high over your head, just above the altitude at which the highest-flying passenger jets cruise, there is a fragile layer of naturally occurring gas that shields all life on Earth from the deadly effects of the ultraviolet radiation emitted by the...

· Sunday 29, January 2023 12.51 am

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